Events focus on Union and the abolitionist movement

Campus Diversity is sponsoring a number of events this month that focus on Union’s relationship to the abolitionist movement in the 19^th century.

Robert Wells, the Chauncey Winters Professor of History and Social Science, will discuss “African-American Protest Songs from Slavery to the 20th Century.” The event, set for Monday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., is sponsored by Green House and the History Department.

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Katherine Lynes, assistant professor of English and Africana Studies, will lead a “house trip through history,” Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.. Participants will visit the homes of Harriet Tubman and Seward, located in Auburn, in New York’s Finger Lakes Region. The bus trip, for 12 people, is free. Contact Prof. Lynes @ ext. 8768 or lynesk@union.edu.

Earlier this week, local historian Neil Yetwin visited Beuth House to discuss the history of Moses Viney. The event was sponsored by Beuth House and Symposium House.

Students, faculty and staff members are researching the life of Viney as part of a number of campus projects designed to complement Founders Day. Viney was an escaped slave who was employed by Union College.